Terrified Tracey El-Khalifi has told how she feared for her life after being mugged as she left a supermarket in her mobility scooter.

The 50-year-old had been to Tesco Extra when she was grabbed round the neck from behind, dragged off her electric buggy and brutally shoved to the ground.

A man then snatched her bag from her arm but dropped it as he fled the scene.

Tracey - who suffered a bang on her head and a swollen wrist - called the police when she arrived home.

Now the Sainsbury's worker has revealed she is struggling to sleep since the shocking incident two months ago.

She said: "Once home I was sick and my wrist was swelling up. When the police arrived they called an ambulance for me. I was kept at the hospital overnight with a really bad bang on my head and my left wrist was broken in two places.

“I thought this guy was trying to kill me with how he grabbed me around the neck."

Tesco Extra, Stafford

Tracy, from Stafford, added: “I suffer with fibromyalgia and this has aggravated my condition. I’ve only been using a mobility scooter for a year and this has taken away my confidence. I’m also off work right now because I can’t do my job at Sainsbury’s.

“I’m still in pain and am now seeing a therapist and physiotherapist. I’m petrified, I can’t sleep and when I do I have nightmares. I just don’t feel safe anymore.

"I’ve lived in London before and always felt safe but I’ll never be safe again, it has destroyed my life, it really has.”

Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to the attack, which happened at around 10.30pm on March 15 as Tracey left Tesco in Newport Road, Stafford, as she made her way towards Friars' Terrace.

A Staffordshire Police spokeswoman said: “Officers from Staffordshire Police were called just after 1am on Saturday, March 16 to a report of a robbery near to Tesco Extra in Stafford.

“The incident took place between 10.30pm and 10.45pm on Friday, March 15 in an alleyway which leads to Friars Terrace.

“A 50-year-old woman was pulled off her mobility scooter by a man wearing dark clothing and a hood, who then took her handbag.

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